"No, no... I don't have any place here that I need your help..."
Chen Ruyan looked at the woman in front of him with a despair, and then turned around with a slightly dim look.
This is the fourth farmer's "woman" she asked in Pingyun Town, but no matter what she said, people don't need her help. Even if she can reduce the already pitiful reward or extend it No one accepted her during the construction period.
Chen Ruyan was naturally a little anxious because if she got enough food, she would have to stay in this town.
So although going to some small families may suffer a lot of eyebrow and targeting, Chen Ruyan still decided to go to a manor I passed by last time to ask if she could get her in to help.[
The woman's face turned yellow and her skin was very rough, but she couldn't help but grit her teeth when she looked at Chen Ruyan's back.
"Girl doll, you wait..."
Chen Ruyan was slightly stunned, then turned around and smiled.
"Auntie, what's wrong?" She thought the other party agreed to let her do something, so her tone became lighter.
The woman didn't answer, but just walked back into the house. After a while, she took out half a bag of white rice and a few pieces of bread...
"It is not easy for you, a girl, to be alone. I am afraid that you will be difficult when you are not familiar with the place!" The aunt handed over the things in her hand to Chen Ruyan without saying anything.
"The old lady's family has a lot of grain, so she can only take out these things to help you... If you have nothing else here, you'd better leave here early!"
Chen Ruyan quickly shook his head.
"...Thank you for your kindness, but you don't receive any rewards. I can't take these things!" Chen Ruyan was not someone who was willing to accept gifts from others for nothing.
The woman shook her head and did not reach out to take the half bag of white rice and pancakes she handed back.
"Okay... I'll give these things to you as an aunt! You've been chatting with me here for so long, even if it's your reward!" Having said that, the two were not chatting before, it was clearly Shen Ru Yan kept asking her to find something to do for herself.
"...No!" Chen Ruyan didn't know what to say to shirk the woman, and she was a little scared.
"What's wrong with it... I'll give it to you, and you'll continue! When you go out, everyone has difficulties. I'll help you, so it's considered a good relationship. If you have the chance in the future, you'll just repay it!"
The woman looks rough in her skin and yellow in color, but her words are orderly and clear in context. It seems that before she married a woman, she was a well-educated and well-educated person.
Chen Ruyan tilted her head and thought for a while, feeling that this was the reason, and then she hurriedly thanked her.
"Auntie... It's useless for me to carry half a bag of white rice. You'd better keep it... I'm leaving this town now to find my brother. It's enough to bring these cakes..."
Chen Ruyan did not hand the white rice in her hand to the woman this time, but placed it wisely at the other party's feet. In this way, the other party could not refuse.
She herself put the cake she had finally obtained in her hand into her arms, and then bent down and bowed to the woman.
"Auntie, thank you... If I can see you again in the future, I will definitely repay you!"[
Chen Ruyan said incredibly. Little did she know that the sky and earth were great. If she had parted since then, if she could not remember the exact location of this town, even on the most detailed map of the Song Dynasty, she would not be able to find out where the town was.
"girl……"
"You said you were going to find your brother, where are you going?" The woman suddenly said with some concern.
Chen Ruyan was already preparing to leave here, but when she heard the other party’s inquiry, she turned her head again.
"I want to go to Wanjian Sect... that is, I keep going west!" She told the other party completely without any suspicion or warning.
"I can't do it!"
Unexpectedly, when the woman heard this, she waved her hand anxiously and then dissuaded her.
"Although I don't know where the Wanjian Sect is... But if you want to find your younger brother, it's better to take a detour!" Seeing Chen Ruyan's eyes becoming more and more confused, the woman was 'woman' I had to tell the truth.
"Shuoyun City is about a thousand miles away. If you go west, you must pass through this city..."
"But now it has become a battlefield! Because several surrounding towns, sects and families cannot bear the exploitation and dark rule of Shuoyun City, they formed an alliance last month and are ready to subvert Shuoyun City's rule. right!"
The dynasty never opposed the battles and internal chaos between small cities, towns and sects, but they were extremely supportive.
If the rule of a city is overturned by surrounding forces, then the dynasty will be exempted from tax for three years in this city controlled by the new forces!
It is equivalent to all taxes in the city over the past three years, and all belong to the ruling class of the city.
This disguised support is simply to tell the major towns and families that you can fight and fight. The more chaos you have in the lower levels, the happier my royal family will be!
It is very simple. "Chao" within the lower level means leisure development, or the time of development will be extended... This just makes up for the subtle drawback that the dynasty cannot completely hold the right to rule the lower level.
Coupled with the last power reshuffle every hundred years, it can be said that the rule of the dynasty is simply solid.
I care whether you are "chaotic" or "chaotic" at the lower level. As long as the high school level is not "chaotic", everything will always be firmly held in the hands of the royal family.
Therefore, it is not surprising that the "women" mentioned that there will be war and chaos in Shuoyun City. If this were not the case, how could there be so many cities and villages in the Song Dynasty?
What really won't happen internal chaos and battles are the heavy cities and sects that reach the level of Shangyun City and Wanjian Sect! This is a city directly under the leadership of Canglan City, and no force dares to anger!
The third-class and ninth-rank nobles recognized by the dynasty are generally people who dare to shake it. However, families who start from scratch and do not rely on dynasty recognition, but do not violate the laws of the dynasty, rely on powerful force to intimidate others.
Chen Ruyan couldn't help but tremble slightly when he heard the horrifying words from the "Woman" said.
At this moment, she also recalled how the bloody smell she smelled when she had just entered the town and passed by the alley at the entrance of the town.
It was because the battle in Shuoyun City lasted for too long, and then slowly affected these surrounding towns.
So I am afraid that some small-scale battles will occur from time to time... It is because the alleys at the entrance of the town are filled with the smell of blood that has become lighter, but seems to seep into the walls and soil.
Chen Ruyan thought about this and just wanted to persuade the "woman" in front of him to leave together... But then he thought about it, but shook his head in his heart.
Although some defeated cultivators or soldiers from towns would flee here and then have disputes with the people here, after all, there are a few people who fled in this direction.
Or the possibility that the war in Shuoyun City affected this place is actually very small. Otherwise, those people in the town would not set up stalls, which is the industry in this industry.
Because of this, Chen Ruyan knew that if he persuaded the woman to leave, it would be impossible to succeed. Instead of doing this, it would be better not to speak.
Even if the town may encounter some danger soon and be affected by the war, it is the place where the woman in front of her and the barbarians who set up stalls at the entrance of the town have lived for decades and a lifetime.
Leaving your hometown. Apart from cultivators who are determined to pursue strength and experience the world, or "Ying" poets who travel around the world to find materials to write picture books and stories, ordinary people would never make such a choice unless they had to.
Even at the age of the woman in front of her, the possibility of choosing to perish with her family and the place where she was born and raised will be greater.
After thinking in my heart, Chen Ruyu couldn't help but sighed slightly.
"Auntie... don't worry, I will bypass Shuoyun City! At worst, it's okay to spend some more time walking to the southwest first, and then turn back to the right path... Auntie, you must take care of yourself..."
Chen Ruyan looked at the "woman" in front of him, thanked him again, then turned around and slowly left here.
The woman looked at her back from afar, and finally shook her head for a long time, picked up half a bag of white rice on the ground, and walked into her house.
What she was thinking about was why such a quiet and gentle woman was born with such a look. However, in this chaotic world where the strong prey on the weak, she, an elderly woman, could only do her best. To help this point.
Chen Ruyan didn't plan to take a detour... She didn't have a map in her hand. Once she bypassed the avenue and could not find her whereabouts, she would just "run around" in the plains and grasslands, and she would definitely not be able to find the town again...
It is obvious that the path she is taking now is often coming and going, and even the trade route is not necessarily the case.
Because every time you walk dozens of miles, or hundreds of miles, you will encounter one or two villages and towns. This road extends all the way to the extreme west. As long as you can constantly meet the next town, you can always slowly "touch" and go to the next town. The exact route to Shangyun City.
If she left now, even if she avoided the war in Shuoyun City, she would probably be buried in the beast's mouth or starved to death because of the "disor".
...
Qiyun Town.
Qiyun Town is a town located on the cold-resisting grassland outside the west gate of Shangyun City... It is also extremely prosperous because it is close to the border of Xueyun.
In fact, there are not many such towns in this kind of place. Because some practitioners who have experienced the Snow Cloud Swamp experience in the Snow Cloud Swamp do not necessarily have to go to Shangyun City, which is still far from the Snow Cloud Swamp, to rest and replenish. Consumables.
In such a smaller town, you can also stay in a hotel and sell your harvests in the borders and swamps.
However, there will definitely be a lot of losses in terms of price. In terms of choosing to exchange goods, this type is also less than when going to Yuncheng.
Although Qiyun Town is not as famous as Shangyun City, most of the cultivators who have been scattered in Shangyun City and Xueyun Border, Xueyun Swamp, Qingxue River and other places have heard of it.
Today, someone set up a ring at the entrance of Qiyun Town to charge the fees for entering the town, so it seems extremely lively.
The entrance of Qiyun Town was blocked by a ring about tens of feet long and wide and built with pear wood. The cultivators from the three outer layers surrounded the arena, which was surrounded by water.
While the battle on the ring was in full swing, a thin figure slowly walked from a distance. The man looked blue and yellow, looking a little feminine.
ps: Although I don’t know which birthday you are on, I saw your “sex” signature~~o(n_n)o, so I wish Jiejie a happy birthday! By the way, everyone has been having a good Spring Festival, right? In the book review area Let me reveal what memorable things have you done during the Chinese New Year?